After six years of campaign and persuasion, the Government of India published its first National Policy on Urban Street Vendors in 2004. Even before that policy could be fully tested, a new policy has been unveiled by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

The budget for the year 2009-10 proposed by Delhi finance minister A.K. Walia is

Pune The ongoing controversy over the purchase of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) buses will finally see an end as the Urban Development Department of the state government has ruled out the possibility of bus purchases by a private player.

AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL), the governing body for Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) operations, is wasting no time in purchasing 480 buses to run on feeder and main routes. The proposal for purchasing the buses has to be sent to the Union urban development ministry to avail the rolling stock fund by June 30 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

GUWAHATI, June 14

Vandana Gombar / New Delhi June 10, 2009, 0:34 IST
Negotiating $5 billion loan with World Bank.

The government could double the size of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) as it is close to exhausting the funds allocated to the mission.

Ashok Leyland gets orders for 3,200 vehicles.

The bus procurement scheme of States under the JNNURM was announced as a part of the fiscal stimulus package to provide impetus to the commercial vehicle producers.

Priyanka Vyas

New Delhi, June 3 Tata Motors has bagged a lion

June 3: The allotments of low-cost flats to the poor in the capital is likely to begin in a couple of months. Delhi government is building low-cost houses for the poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and District In-charge Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday said that at least 50 works of the total 137 works planned under the special grant of Rs 100 crore released to Mysore under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) would be completed before Dasara this year.